36.1% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
6290, WA · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 6290, WA
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A total lack of recent overseas arrivals defines the changing face of postcode 6290. While over a third of the population has moved house recently, the area is seeing far fewer people arriving from abroad than is typical for Western Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.1% of people moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is well below the national figure of 40.7% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
No one in the area arrived from overseas recently, which is far below the 10.6% seen across Western Australia. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 7.4% of residents were recent arrivals.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in 6290, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6290/6290-wa/topic/mobility-location